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Article: ATOMIC CITY A VICTOM OF NUCLEAR FALLOUT
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 13, 1988
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RICHLAND, Wash.-- Life in this small desert town has been
comfortable for Annette Heriford. She grew up in the area, went
away to college and in 1947 returned here to rear a family.
In her years here, Heriford has had an opportunity to see her
son play high school sports and her daughter become active in
community affairs. She has had a chance to watch her grandchildren
grow up, healthy and strong.
It has been a pleasant existence, made possible, in large
measure, by the nuclear bomb.
At various times over the years, Heriford's father, husband
and son-in-law have all worked in the Hanford Nuclear Reservation,
a 570-square-mile federal facility where plutonium for nuclear ...